SeaDog is correct in what he said. To put it into even simpler terms, to double the volume, you need 10 times the power.
Head units have high distortion for starters. Pro Audio NEVER uses the decks amp, always external. To properly drive any speaker, it needs amplified by its function. No one speaker can produce ALL FREQUENCIES at once, that is exactly why we use a crossover to separate the frequencies. Remember, all a speaker does is VIBRATE air. Imagine trying to produce the sound of a high-hat at 16,000Hz (vibrations per second) a voice (between 250Hz and 2,000Hz) a kick drum in the 200Hz range, and a bassline somewhere around 80Hz. ...all at the same exact second. It simply cant be done. that is where the distortion comes from and how coils get burnt.
Highs to the tweeters, mids to the midrange, midbass to woofers, low frequency bass to the subwoofers.
If your head unit has a subwoofer output, USE IT! Activate the RCA output in settings, set the frequency to 100Hz or lower, plug an amp into it, and add a sub in the trunk. Set your midrange frequencies in settings to be ABOVE 100Hz and lower the bass setting on the deck to below half (about 25%). Just taking the low frequyency bass out of the signal goes a long way.
I'm currently using a $125 Kenwood Excelon head unit, an old $150 250w MTX Thunder amp and 2 cheap ass aluminum cone vvofenhag 12" subs. Midrange and highs are coming out of my factory speakers in the door and trunk driven by the head unit at 75w/ea. Bass below 100Hz from the subs in the trunk, sounds great. Some tracks, I cant pull enough bass out of the system, most tracks are happy with my preferred setting, and for classic rock suuch as Zepp Floyd, or Sabbath, I have to go from 25% bass to 75%. ...but I listen ti it all, Rat Pack, Classic Rock, Rock, Drum and Bass, Jungle, Dubstep, Trap, Rap, and Jazz.
Look into your head unit and see if it has a sub-out. if not, you'll need an amp with a low-pass filter and a subwoofer.
...the features on the head unit will dictate which way to go. The whole point of the exercise is to get the low frequencies away from all the components and onto a proper driver..
Head units have high distortion for starters. Pro Audio NEVER uses the decks amp, always external. To properly drive any speaker, it needs amplified by its function. No one speaker can produce ALL FREQUENCIES at once, that is exactly why we use a crossover to separate the frequencies. Remember, all a speaker does is VIBRATE air. Imagine trying to produce the sound of a high-hat at 16,000Hz (vibrations per second) a voice (between 250Hz and 2,000Hz) a kick drum in the 200Hz range, and a bassline somewhere around 80Hz. ...all at the same exact second. It simply cant be done. that is where the distortion comes from and how coils get burnt.
Highs to the tweeters, mids to the midrange, midbass to woofers, low frequency bass to the subwoofers.
If your head unit has a subwoofer output, USE IT! Activate the RCA output in settings, set the frequency to 100Hz or lower, plug an amp into it, and add a sub in the trunk. Set your midrange frequencies in settings to be ABOVE 100Hz and lower the bass setting on the deck to below half (about 25%). Just taking the low frequyency bass out of the signal goes a long way.
I'm currently using a $125 Kenwood Excelon head unit, an old $150 250w MTX Thunder amp and 2 cheap ass aluminum cone vvofenhag 12" subs. Midrange and highs are coming out of my factory speakers in the door and trunk driven by the head unit at 75w/ea. Bass below 100Hz from the subs in the trunk, sounds great. Some tracks, I cant pull enough bass out of the system, most tracks are happy with my preferred setting, and for classic rock suuch as Zepp Floyd, or Sabbath, I have to go from 25% bass to 75%. ...but I listen ti it all, Rat Pack, Classic Rock, Rock, Drum and Bass, Jungle, Dubstep, Trap, Rap, and Jazz.
Look into your head unit and see if it has a sub-out. if not, you'll need an amp with a low-pass filter and a subwoofer.
...the features on the head unit will dictate which way to go. The whole point of the exercise is to get the low frequencies away from all the components and onto a proper driver..
